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Goodbye To 2006
Work starts on annex to county courthouse As the new year dawned, workers were busy tearing up the asphalt parking lot on the north side of the Clarke County Courthouse to make way for the new $3.56 million courthouse annex. Three Clarke Countians were arrested for the robbery of a loan company in Brewton. They were Billy Lee Pendleton of Whatley, Ronald Cordell Nicholson and Earl Lee Pace, both of Jackson. Peggie Tucker, a 26 year veteran of the Department of Human Resources and director of the Clarke County agency for three years, retired. An announcement was made in Montgomery by Gov. Bob Riley that the old mental health center in Thomasville would be converted into a LIFE Tech Center to help male parolees transition from prison life back into society. The Clarke County Commission rescinded the $7,000 purchase of terrorist insurance it made at the end of 2005 that generated a lot of media attention and criticism.
Chief Deputy Donnie Arnold and Sheriff's Lt. Bobby Moore announced they would be candidates for the Democratic nomination for sheriff. Probate Judge Becky Presnall announced that she would be a candidate for reelection. The Clarke County Commission endorsed an agreement with the Town of Grove Hill to keep big trucks off of Love Road, commonly called the Landfill Road. Motorists regularly use the route as a cut-through between Highways 43 and 84. Despite the prohibition, trucks continue regular use of the route. Revenue Commissioner Jay Duke announced that he would be a candidate for circuit clerk. The incumbent, Wayne Brunson, announced that he would retire after 18 years in the office. County Commissioner Patricia DuBose announced that she would run for reelection to the District 3 seat.
February The Clarke County Democrat, the county's oldest business and one of the oldest weekly newspapers in the state, celebrated its 150th anniversary. A reception was held at the newspaper with many people attending. A feature story recognized Mike Williamson's 50-year career at the newspaper. Williamson has worked as a printer, ad rep, page designer and more and continues to work part-time, printing The Democrat and other newspapers. Jackson policeman Richard Harvey and State Trooper Gene Wiggins announced that they would be Republican candidates for sheriff.
Marty Parker was appointed to the Clarke County School Board, replacing Gina Fleming who resigned after she moved out of District 1. Bug Tarleton was hired to be utilities superintendent for the town of Grove Hill. Estes Sheffield threw his hat into the ring for the District 1 Clarke County Commission seat being vacated by the retiring Rubye Andrews. Sheffield ran as a Republican. A two-headed chicken snake pictured on the front of The Democrat drew a good bit of attention. The snake was found in Demopolis and brought to Clarke Prep School to show off. Barry Chancey announced that he would be a Republican candidate for the District 3 seat on the Clarke County School Board. The incumbent, Clint Odom, had announced that he would seek the District 3 county commission seat.
The Clarke County Republican Executive Committee met and bashed the Democrats heartedly. State Senate candidate John McMillan said he and the Republicans were "more conservative, more family oriented and more energetic" than his opponent, incumbent Pat Lindsey and other Democrats. State Rep. Nick Williams, R-Sims Chapel, leveled similar charges. "No one who is half way conservative and has moral values is going to run as a Democrat." Both men would be defeated in November. Jackson Detective Sgt. Mark Harrell was promoted to deputy chief by Chief Charles Burge.
A group for Thomasville citizens presented a petition to the city council there, asking the council to seek passage of a local law by the Alabama Legislature that would allow a municipal referendum on the sale of alcoholic beverages. Jackson and Monroeville had had similar laws passed and both had voted in alcohol sales in 2005. The Clarke County Historical Society began preparations to move the frontier Mathews log cabin to the grounds of the Clarke County Museum in Grove Hill. The double pin log cabin, located south of Grove Hill, dates to the 1830s. Citizens and business people of Clarke and Choctaw counties moved to form an economic development alliance to promote the two counties. The partnership would become the Twin Rivers Economic Development Partnership.
March Circuit Judge Harold Crow announced that he would retire after 26 years on the bench. Crow served 12 years as a circuit judge of the First Judicial Circuit and 14 as Clarke County district judge. The Democrat's headline said "Judge Crow's retirement could spark big contest." That turned out to be very true. Elma Averett announced that he would be a Democratic candidate for the District 1 seat on the Clarke County Commission. Nick Williams announced that he would seek reelection to the Alabama Legislature, House District 65. Williams, a Republican, had won the seat in a special election in January 2005 to fill a vacancy created by the death of incumbent Jeff Dolbare. Marc Keahey of Grove Hill announced as a Democratic candidate for the seat.
Clarke County Democrats met in Grove Hill and many offered pointed rejections of remarks that State Rep. Nick Williams had made a few weeks earlier at the GOP meeting. State Rep. Thomas Jackson, D-Thomasville, said, "I am a Democrat. I am a Christian and I have morals. I stand on my principles. Some people say if you are a Democrat you are immoral. Don't be bamboozled or hoodwinked by this rhetoric you hear from the other side." The Grove Hill Art Council hosted the Southern Art Bazaar at the National Guard Armory in Grove Hill featuring the work of over 30 area artisans. The show was a big success. The Clarke County Board of Education approved a $5.7 million bid for the construction of a new Clarke County High School. The 1925 building south of Sage Auditorium will be torn down for the new construction. After the school is built, the 1937 building on the north side of Sage Auditorium will be removed as will the old school cafeteria.
Ed Harris announced that he was retiring and closing Ed's Drive In, an eatery institution in Jackson. Ed began working at the drive-in, then Troy's, in 1964. He worked there for 20 years before buying the business and the name changed to Ed's. Many declared the drive-in's burgers the best around and folks were saddened that the place was closing. However, the drive-in was sold and continues to do business, even though Ed Harris isn't a standard fixture any more. Wayne Lathan, a Jackson mortician, and Angie Williams, director of the Alabama Southern Community College's Gilbertown campus, announced as Democratic candidates for the District 65 seat in the Alabama House of Representatives.
The Clarke County Commission approved a resolution making the Opine-Tallahatta Fire Department the 14th volunteer department in the county. Jackson attorneys Chris Bailey and Stuart DuBose announced that they would be Democratic candidates for the circuit judge seat being vacated by the retiring Harold Crow. Clint Odom formally announced his candidacy for the District 3 seat on the Clarke County Commission, challenging incumbent Democrat Patricia DuBose as a Republican. The Jackson City Council rezoned acreage on Highway 177 on the south side of the city from agricultural to industrial to develop a new industrial park. The city wants to build a 50,000 square foot spec building on the property to offer to industry/business prospects. The Clarke County United Way fundraising campaign formally ended with $160,560 being raised for various agencies. The county's goal had been $150,000. Boise announced that it would invest $1.3 million in a pallet-making operation at the Boise sawmill location. The operation would create about eight new jobs.
April Tommy Deas, the son of a longtime Clarke County commissioner, announced he would be a candidate for the District 3 commission seat. A Clarke County circuit court jury ordered drug chain CVS to pay Jackson pharmacist Randy Guy $5.5 million for breach of contract and fraud. Guy had planned to sell his drug store operation, Mac's Drugs, to CVS but CVS did not follow through. Fulton resident Henry Burge announced as a Republican candidate for the District 1 Clarke County Commission seat. State Sen. Pat Lindsey, D-Butler, announced for a seventh term representing District 22, a large southwest Alabama district that includes part of Clarke County. The Alabama Legislature passed a law banning staged fights between dogs and wild hogs in the state. The law was partly a result of hog-dog fights in the state, including ones in recent years between Grove Hill and Coffeeville. State Rep. Thomas Jackson, D-Thomasville, sponsored the legislation. Grove Hill's Relay For Life was held and $33,835 was raised for cancer research by the American Cancer Society. Gov. Bob Riley signed legislation that would let Thomasville citizens vote in a municipal wet-dry referendum on the alcohol sales issue. A petition from citizens must be presented to the city council to trigger the process. A Coffeeville High School teacher, Sharon Rutherford of Thomasville, was accused of having sex with students. One student said he agreed, at her urging, to kill her husband, James Rutherford, a coach at McIntosh High School. She was charged with solicitation to murder, rape, enticing a child and sexual abuse charges. Bobbie J. Fleming, 72, died in a traffic accident in the Bolentown community on Highway 69 north of Jackson. The same week, Wayne Walker of Coffeeville was killed in a one-vehicle accident on the Gin Road near Coffeeville. Ladarius Wright was found guilty by a Clarke County Circuit Court Jury of the 2003 shooting death of Jeffery Carey of Mobile. The Clarke County Board of Education voted to consolidate Coffeeville Elementary School and Coffeeville High School into one building at the high school location for the 2006-07 school year. The action was taken due to dwindling student populations at the schools. The newest ball field at Grove Hill's Hudson Park was dedicated on the opening day for youth baseball and named the Stringer-Williams Field in honor of Grove Hill attorney Lee B. Williams and the late Louie Stringer. Money from Stringer's estate, administered by Williams, made the new field a reality.
May The Clarke County Children's Advocacy Center was formally dedicated in the renovated Carter- Elmore House on Cobb Street in Grove Hill. The center, an outgrowth of the Children's Center of Clarke County, helps counsel and interview children who have been abused or mistreated, either physically or sexually. Mary English is the director. A man passing through the area, Mohammed Haif, was stopped and held for FBI authorities for buying up cheap cell phones at the local Dollar General store and others. Haif had over 400 track phones in his possession and told authorities he was buying them for a man in California who was giving him $3 over what each phone cost. Cell phones can be used to pull signals from satellites and can detonate bombs, authorities say. Longtime school teacher Sue Coleman was honored at the Clarke County High School Old Timers Reunion for her 40 years of teaching. Hannah Etheridge of Thomasville was selected as Clarke County's Junior Miss for 2007 during the annual program at Sage Auditorium in Grove Hill. The Alabama Treasure Forest Association coordinated a forestry festival on the grounds of Clarke Prep School that featured wood cutting competition, arts and crafts, equipment displays and more. New federal mandates required Clarke County and others to purchase special handicapped voting machines that could be used by people with eyesight, hearing or other handicapped deficiencies. The 32 machines, one for each polling location, cost $192,000. Federal funds reimbursed the county for the machines but Probate Judge Becky Presnall observed that they would likely not be used. She was proven right, in the primary and run-off and then the general election, the machines set idle at all 32 polling places. Bad weather raged through the area but no significant damage resulted despite heavy hail and the report of tornadoes. Hail the size of baseball was authenticated by photographs. The Clarke Prep School baseball squad defeated Coosa Valley 10-3 shortly after midnight one Saturday morning in Selma to win the school's first ever state baseball title.
June Area officials met in Monroeville to debate how best to promote Highway 84 for fourlaning and other improvements and the idea of a toll road was offered. Mike Bedsole was named the new principal of Jackson Intermediate School, succeeding the retiring Cindy Boykin. Parden Gas of Grove Hill marked 50 years in the butane and propane gas business. Luther Parden started in the business in 1956, driving a gas truck for Magnolia Butane in Grove Hill. Primary races were decided on June 6. Stuart DuBose edged out Chris Bailey in a bitterly contested race to win the Democratic nomination for a circuit judge's seat. The final tally would show DuBose winning by less than 100 votes across three counties. Bobby Moore defeated Donnie Arnold to win the Democratic nomination for sheriff. Gene Wiggins bested Richard Harvey to win the GOP nomination for sheriff. Elma Averett defeated Maurice Paul for the Democratic nomination for the District 1 seat on the Clarke County Commission while Henry Burge bested Milton Estes Sheffield for the GOP nomination. Patricia DuBose fought off a challenge by Tommy Deas for the District 3 county commission seat she held. Jay Duke defeated Bernita Stallworth for the circuit clerk Democratic nomination. Marc Keahey and Wayne Lathan were the top vote getters on the Democratic ticket for the Alabama House of Representatives District 65 seat and would face each other in a runoff in July. Lathan and DuBose would decry what they said were illegal endorsement ballots that were circulated in the days just prior to the primary. The Alabama Democratic Conference and the New South Coalition routinely issue endorsement ballots for the candidates they support and both Lathan and DuBose charged that the authentic ballots were discarded or ignored in many instances and fake ballots were distributed. T. L. Douglas beat Mims Hacketts for the Democratic nomination for the District 4 seat on the county school board but Hacketts cried foul, saying Douglas intimidated voters and did other things unlawfully to ensure his election. He filed a formal contest that was quickly held. A three-member panel of the Clarke County Democratic Executive Committee heard a day of testimony and concluded that evidence did not show that Douglas did any of the allegations Hacketts charged and he was upheld as the party's nominee. He had no Republican opposition. Hurricane season officially started and everyone braced for a year of predicted bad storms that thankfully did not come. A bomb threat to the Clarke County Courthouse emptied the building and surrounding area early one Wednesday morning. The threat was called in from a Grove Hill pay phone. A suspect was picked up but released. An arrest has never been made in the case. The Clarke Prep School family was saddened by the death of a 16-year-old student, Nathan Alan Overstreet, in an accident on Highway 154. Palmer Bedsole, a well known Mobile businessman and philanthropist, died of an apparent heart attack at his Gosport farm. He was 77. Bedsole was a native of Mobile but had ties to Clarke County in that his uncle, J. L. Bedsole, was the founder of the old Bedsole Department Store chain. Bedsole's wife, Ann Smith Bedsole, is the daughter of M. W. Smith, longtime Jackson timber and lumberman.
July Cynthia deAngelo gave her daughter, Charity Hudson, a much-needed kidney in an operation performed at the University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile. Cynthia, the former Cynthia Houston of Coffeeville, suffered some complications from the surgery but overcame them. Charity did well in the operation. Both are doing fine now. Coffeeville, Jackson and Thomasville all held celebrations to mark the Fourth of July, including fireworks shows. A McIntosh man, Bobby Joe Chestang, died in a suicide jump from the McCorquodale Bridge into the Tombigbee River at Jackson. A loaded dump truck crossing the south railroad crossing in Fulton was clipped by a freight train early one morning. The truck overturned, spilling its load into the roadway. No one was seriously hurt in the mishap. Not long afterwards, automated crossing arms were erected at the crossing. They were already in place at the north Fulton crossing. Marc Keahey, a Grove Hill attorney, defeated Jackson mortician Wayne Lathan in a Democratic primary runoff to win the Alabama House of Representatives' District 65 nomination. The win made Keahey eligible to take on Republican incumbent Nick Williams in November. Andy Hulett of Rhine, Ga., arrested a few weeks earlier for thefts in Clarke and Marengo counties, cut a hole through the roof of the Clarke County Jail and escaped one night. Hulett gained access to the attic and used a pipe to bust through the roof. He apparently stole a van and other items from Mt. Zion Baptist Church No. 2 and left the state. Lawmen were looking for him in Georgia. A large delegation of Clarke Countians attended the El Camino East-West Corridor Commission conference in Washington, D.C. to lobby for funding for four-laning Highway 84. A Jackson woman who had been charged and sought for defrauding FEMA of over $30,000 in Hurricane Katrina funds surrendered to state and federal lawmen.
August The Grove Hill Town Council agreed to prepare street and landscape plans for revitalizing the downtown area in preparation for applying for a federal grant to do the work. Jackson and Thomasville have previously received similar grants with Thomasville dramatically transforming its downtown with several of the grants. Grove Hill leaders want to do the same. Gov. Bob Riley was a guest of honor at the second annual Rural National Supplier Conference in Thomasville. Riley had also attended the first conference last year that drew nationally known companies and governmental agencies to Thomasville. U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions and Congressman Jo Bonner also attended. Major Gen. James H. Pillsbury, commander of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, was the guest speaker. Thomasville again hosted the 15 and 16 year old World Series and the Thomasville Pre-Majors team, made up of players from around the county, finished third in the tourney. Alabama's team, AUM Green, beat Tocca to win the championship. The games drew players and fans from several states to Thomasville for the week-long tournament. Grove Hill and Jackson hospital and municipal leaders held a public meeting at the Grove Hill Memorial Hospital to talk about the possible merger of the Grove Hill facility and Jackson Medical Center. Jackson hospital administrator Teresa Grimes told of the talks at a community meeting in Jackson. The meeting was held with promise of other discussions but there have been no public releases on those talks, if they have been held. Dan Barlow retired after 37 years of banking in Grove Hill. Barlow, a Wilcox County native, started working for the First Bank of Grove Hill in 1969. He saw lots of changes and mergers during his career. Today, the Grove Hill bank is part of the First United Security Bank group.
September A natural gas leak in the Kelley Flat area brought Labor Day traffic on Highway 43 to a standstill for a while. A man bushhogging near the highway hit a high pressure line that sent fumes into the air. Traffic quickly backed up in both directions but Clarke- Mobile Counties Gas District employees arrived promptly and repaired the leak. Rebel Stadium, the football field of Clarke Prep School, was renamed Hamilton Field in honor of CPS Coach Billy Hamilton, an alumnus who has led the school to five state championships. The mother of a woman who was previously charged with FEMA fraud was similarly charged. A federal grand jury indicted Hanna Williams of Grove Hill for misstating Hurricane Katrina damage and taking $22,000 in aid that she did not deserve. The Coffeeville Town Council announced that it was considering buying a local residence to be a new town hall. The house was formerly the home of David Wood. Cogongrass was touted as a meanace to area timberland by Scotch Lumber Co. foresters and others. The invasive grass was inadvertenly imported to the U.S. from Japan as packing material aboard ships in the early 1900s. The tough grass has been spreading, especially in the coastal counties, and local foresters say it is starting to show up in Clarke and other inland counties. A streetscape plan for a revitalized downtown Grove Hill drew mixed reviews at a public hearing. Some folks viewed the plan as the salvation for Grove Hill while others suggested that it did not give enough consideration to the few businesses that are in the downtown area. Parking was a big concern and Mayor Lamar Hudson blamed county employees for taking up spaces around the courthouse. The Clarke County Development Foundation held its annual meeting on the campus of Coffeeville High School. Guests enjoyed fried catfish and a program that touted the work of the foundation. Stephon Horn, 7, a second grader at Grove Hill Elementary school died a few days after he was struck by a car on Highway 84 east of Grove Hill after getting off of a school bus one afternoon. Stephon apparently crossed the road to a relative's house but then turned and ran back across the highway toward his house after the bus pulled away and was hit by an oncoming car.
October Stuart DuBose, the Democratic nominee for circuit judge, was the first to publicly discuss his legal woes, telling First Judicial Circuit lawyers at a gathering at Ezell's Fish Camp. DuBose said he faced a possible reprimand by the Alabama Bar Association. He also was set for trial in Mobile County in a civil dispute over the estimated $2.5 million estate of a Washington County man. DuBose prepared a will for the man without ever meeting him and then helped administer the estate. That case was settled without a trial but the details of the settlement were not specified. After DuBose's revelation, the State Bar issued a ruling, saying DuBose agreed to a "conditional guilty plea" and would have his license suspended for 45 days starting Nov. 8, the day after he would likely be elected judge. No specifics as to the reason for the suspension or any other details were given. Then, a few weeks later, the Alabama Supreme Court rejected the State Bar's reprimand for "insufficiency of discipline based on the record before the Court." The high court routinely reviews all reprimands of attorneys but normally goes along with the State Bar's decisions. But in this case it was sent back to the Bar. The Bar has not commented on the case or acted on it despite the high court's rejection. Grove Hill Town Clerk Edd Stifflemire collapsed and died outside of the Grove Hill Town Hall. Stifflemire, 51, had battled cancer for some time but had continued to work part-time at his own request. The Coffeeville Town Council agreed to buy a residence, the former home of David Wood, and renovate it to be a new town hall. The price was reportedly around $160,000. Walgreens announced that it would build a store in Jackson, to be located where the old National Guard Armory and a nearby small shopping center are along College Avenue. Walgreens also has an option on property where The Grill, a longtime Thomasville restaurant, is located. Feelings there are mixed as people would like to see the chain pharmacy come in but do not want to lose The Grill. Parsons and Whittemore announced that it would build a biodiesel refinery at Claiborne, where it also owns and operates the Alabama River and Alabama Pine Pulp mills. Mary Wilson English was named the Grove Hill Civitan Club's Citizen of the Year for her work as director of the Child Advocacy Center and other civic activities. Some citizens turned out for an Alabama Department of Transportation meeting to see plans for proposed north-south freeway routes in west Alabama and to offer their ideas and opinions. Study funds of $6 million have been authorized but any real work is a long way, if ever, from starting. New Era Cap, Inc. announced expansion plans for its Jackson facility that would bring total employment there to around 400 when completed. New Era manufacturers athletic baseball caps for colleges and the major and minor leagues. The Democrat's forestry edition detailed work on the new Louisiana Pacific oriented strand board (OSB) mill south of Thomasville. The $215 million plant will employ 130 people directly and create 300 to 400 indirect jobs when it starts up in the fall of 2007. Jackson City Councilman Anthony Jackson was called for active duty by the U.S. Army Reserve The Clarke Prep School Lady Gators Volleyball Team won the AISA Class A state championship.
November Grove Hill received a $250,000 Community Development Block Grant to construct a new senior citizen center. Over 50 percent of Clarke County's voters went to the polls to vote in the Nov. 7 general election. Those elected locally included Bobby Moore, sheriff; Elma Averett and Patricia DuBose, county commissioners; Kevin Brunson, coroner; Barry Chancey, school board; Marc Keahey, state representative; and Pat Lindsey, state senator. Former Jackson High School star football player Sherwin "Tank" Parker was found guilty of manslaughter in the drive-by shooting death of Quinton Webb at an Alma nightclub in 2004. He would be sentenced to 42 years for the crime. Two masked men robbed the Garrick Corner Grocery in Scyrene of an undisclosed amount of money. Shots were fired but no one was injured in the evening robbery. Boise took its case for lowered tax assessments to Clarke County Circuit Clerk after its appeal was rejected by the Clarke County Board of Equalization. Boise said some of the assessments on parts of the Jackson paper mill were too high based on values placed on the operation when Boise was sold in 2004. At stake are hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax revenues for the county. Boise has routinely paid about $1 million annually in taxes. Speedbreakers at several Grove Hill intersections were short lived as residents and motorists raised cain after they were put down. They went down quietly and without fanfare and came up the same way. Clarke County's anti-litter efforts won state awards in Montgomery. Clarke County Citizens Against Littering committee members, the Town of Coffeeville, Clarke County People First, Commissioner Patricia DuBose, Lloyd and Rita Wilson and The Clarke County Democrat were all recognized and awarded. The Thomasville City Council adopted a zoning ordinance, the first ever for the municipality, and started working on an alcohol control ordinance in preparation for an expected vote for municipal alcohol sales in early 2007. Anti-alcohol forces questioned the mayor's and council's actions and motives at meetings in November and December. The issue will likely only intensify once a referendum date is set.
December TDS Telecom announced that it would be closing its telephone customer service offices in Grove Hill and Butler in January. Service technicians will still be stationed in the communities but customers would no longer be able to pay their bills in the local offices. Michele Floyd was named Grove Hill's new town clerk. She filled the vacancy created by the death of Edd Stifflemire. Floyd had been an urban forester, working a multi-county region. Retiring Choctaw County Sheriff Don Lolley and District Attorney Spence Walker announced that Lolley will be joining the DA staff as an investigator after the first of the year. Grove Hill town council members debated the use of golf carts on the town's sidewalks. Since Christmas has come and gone, there are even more of the carts around now since they were popular gifts this year. Three area football teams all played for state titles in Birmingham. Sweet Water won the 1A title, beating Cedar Bluff 48-0, and Leroy won the 2A championship, downing Woodland 12-7. Thomasville came up one point short in a tough 4A battle against Gunsterville, losing 28-27. The Stuart DuBose judgeship story took on a new twist as some of the lawyers who had signed ads supporting DuBose's primary opponent now signed petitions stating that he was legally elected and should be allowed to serve. They said the Alabama Supreme Court's rejection of a State Bar reprimand "gave the appearance of circumventing the democratic process." DuBose would take a ceremonial oath of office and host a party days before Christmas. He does not actually take office until Jan. 15. The new LIFE Tech Center in Thomasville, a pardons and paroles low security facility, was dedicated at the old mental health facility and an administrative building was named for Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day, who was instrumental in securing the center. Gov. Bob Riley and other state officials were on hand for the dedication. The news leaked out that Day was also promoting the Thomasville area for a new women's prison that is being considered. The prison would house 2,000 inmates and employ about 300. In somewhat of a damper to the prison related news, lawmen searched for LIFE Tech escapees for a day before aprehending them. The Rev. Nelson Rivers, chief operations officer of the NAACP spoke to the Clarke County Branch, calling Alabama "holy ground" in the civil rights movement. Thomasville approved a $3.8 million bid to renovate the old high school to be a civic center. Clarke County Superintendent of Education Gerald Stephens updated several capital improvement projects: The roof is being completed on the new Clarke County High School; the new lunchroom at Jackson Middle School is completed as well as the new band room and fine arts building at Jackson High; and work continues on the new sports complex in Grove Hill. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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